, 1887-12-20
The E'1nal Interment.

CHICAGO, Dec. l9.-The bodies of the
four anarchists who were hanged Nov.
ll-August Spies. A. r. Parsons, Adolph
Fischer and George Engel-and Louis
Lingg, who cheated the gallows by COM
uniting suicide on the day before, were
placed in their final resting places in
Waldemar cemetery yesterday. The only
dramatic feature of the occasion was
brought about by Mrs. Parsons, the dusky
wife of the dead anarchist. She had kept
IN the background at the cemetery during
the preliminary exercises, but a few
moments before Capt. Black, the chief
counsel for the anarchists, concluded his
address, and while the spectators were in
a manner spellbound by the captain
rhetoric, some one shouted: Make way
for Mrs. Parsons!'' A passage way was
made, and Mrs. Parsons, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. William Holmes, came for
ward.
The nearest coffin to her was that of
August Spies, and her husbands was the
second from this. Mrs. Parsons eye
aimed to pick out the casket in which she
was most interested and in the moment
when her gaze caught it she gave voice to
a wall which startled the crowd. Capt.
Black paused in his speech, then
creams came from Mrs. Parsons which
reached to the outer circle of the crowd.
She strove to speak, but the words re-
fused to come out, and she sank f%ainting
in the arms of her friends. Some men
near her made snowballs and rubbed her
temples, and when she showed signs of
consciousness she was carried away.
Two funeral trains from the city carried
about 800 people to the cemetery. The
demeanor of their occupants partook more
OF the nature of a picnic party than a
funeral. At the cemetery the crowd
gathered around the lot, situated near the
entrance, and the collins were taken from
the vault and carried to the spot where
the crowd had assembled. Spies casket
was borne by six members of the Turn
Verein, Fischer's casket was carried by
the members of the German Typogfaph-
ical Union, Parsons by the members of
his old assembly of the Knights of Labor,
Engel's by the German Fresco Painters
Union and Louis Lingg's by a committee
from the Carpenters assembly. On
Spies and Fischer's collins we're flowers
and red ribbon; on Parsons was a bou-
quet of red and yellow roses, which
served to bring out in bold relief the red
cloth which covered the caskets of Engel
and Lingg.
The undertakers removed the lids from
the collins and the chief mourners took
their places. Among the mourners were
the near relatives and friends Of the dead
anarchists, including Mrs. Schwab, whose
husband is in the penitentiary; Nina Van
Zandt and Lingg's girl, Elsa Friedel.
Nina Van Zandt chatted continuously
with Capt. Black and showed no sign Of
emotion. j. r. Buchanan acted as
master of ceremonies. The dead all
looked life like and not a trace of decom-
position was seen. A memorial hymn was
sung by the Milwaukee Socialistic Men-
nerchor.
Capt. Black then delivered a long
address, and was followed by Paul
G~roettkau of Milwaukee. Albert Curtin
Of New York also delivered n speech in
German praising the virtues of the dead
anarchists and the cause for which they
died. After the ceremonies were over the
caskets were closed and lowered in the
grave, which had been dug twelve feet
deep and walled up with granite blocks.
just before the granite cap stone was
placed over the grave two large wreaths
donated by the New York Freiheit, Jo-
han Most's paper, were placed in the
prnya